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New ombudsman office for foster‑care oversight outlines staffing and funding needs to JFAC
Summary
Trevor Sparrow, newly appointed ombudsman, described the Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman’s role in handling complaints and monitoring state foster‑care services and requested higher personnel funding to recruit qualified staff.
Trevor Sparrow, the governor‑appointed ombudsman for the Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman, introduced the new office to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 15 and described its mandate to monitor public and private agencies that provide health and social services to children in state care.
Sparrow said the office — created by Senate Bill 1380 (as cited in the hearing) and housed within the Department of Self‑Governing Agencies — currently has three appropriated FTEs. He noted the governor…
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